Example sentences of "[pron] stopped [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving home one night at about 11 o'clock , through a fairly rough area , I stopped at a zebra crossing . |
| 2 | I stopped at a stationer 's and ordered two reams of Devon Valley Thin , two black ribbons to fit Toby 's portable , and a box of the best carbon papers . |
| 3 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 4 | I stopped at a pub I used rarely near the BBC and had a ploughman 's and a couple of orange juices , no alcohol , partly because I wanted to keep a clear head and partly to fit in with the cab-driver persona . |
| 5 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 6 | A psychological astronomer , I calculated its apogee at approximately 2 to 3 o'clock , unless of course I stopped for a drink . |
| 7 | I stopped for a bite at an eating-place that was in a huge hove-bubble , drifting slowly about the roof-tops along one of the main spiral streets intersecting the city centre . |
| 8 | I stopped for a second and tried to think what my conclusive proof was . |
| 9 | I stopped after a short while and said ‘ this is nonsense — I ca n't learn any more of this sort of thing by two o'clock — I must just do a prose right through and see how I get on ’ . |
| 10 | I stopped until an urgent , ‘ Go on , lass , go on , you 're doin' fine , ’ from the organist prompted the next line . |
| 11 | I stopped in a little restaurant and ordered a hot dog by pointing at a picture of one that hung over the greasy counter . |
| 12 | It got incredibly painful , and in bed at night I could hear a munching sound , definitely coming from me , which stopped for a bit if I touched the swelling . |
| 13 | She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before checking the next crate . |
| 14 | She stopped for a second to point something out to the Doctor . |
| 15 | She took her notepad from the pocket of her apron as she went , and at the doorway she stopped for a moment as if to gather herself . |
| 16 | She stopped for a moment , and put her shoes back on for walking on the hard tarmac . |
| 17 | She stopped for a moment , as if the basket were overburdening her , and put it down . |
| 18 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 19 | But on the way she noticed a crowd listening to a preacher and she stopped for a while to join them . |
| 20 | She stopped for a moment , and gazed at it with pleasure , and saw how huge it was , surging against the rocks with far more power and energy than it had in the shelter of the estuary , flinging plumes of spray about in a reckless manner and dragging back to gather itself for the next rush forward . |
| 21 | She stopped for a breath and took a step nearer her mother . |
| 22 | She stopped for a moment to get her bearings . |
| 23 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 24 | She stopped for a moment . |
| 25 | She stopped for a moment , then said suddenly , ‘ Let's look them up in the veterinary register and see roughly how old they are , judging from the year they qualified . ’ |
| 26 | She stopped for a moment and eyed Sophie thoughtfully . |
| 27 | She stopped beside a man wearing T-shirt , plus fours , cartridge belt , and baseball cap back to front . |
| 28 | Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit . |
| 29 | She stopped at a corner-shop ( Bain 's sweet-shop ) . |
| 30 | She stopped at a newsstand . |